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propping up assad. that is ludicrous, john. >> before you jump too deeply into that pond. >> what is going to succeed him john? you have the muslim brotherhood there, al qaeda is on our side, jihaddists pouring in from all over the place. again if he doesn't go soon this thing is spreading into jordan and turkey. >>> you remember the five boys produced by the seniors in that family, five boys and he was one of them. he was studying dentistry in london. >> he has a brother maybe mort knows more about it, a ruthless character. >> married, lovely wife right? >> yeah but people have given up on him as a quote reformer a long time ago. >> he is not a reformer. >> if there is any goodness left in the man, he has been directed by everybody else. >> if he goes down his people go down. john they go to the wall. they are 12%, sheer shiite, the sunni war? >> a sectarian civil war. >> if it is a civil war we are going to stay out. >> no we didn't stay out of libya. >> i think we are being pulled in. >> you think th
propping up assad. that is ludicrous, john. >> before you jump too deeply into that pond. >> what is going to succeed him john? you have the muslim brotherhood there, al qaeda is on our side, jihaddists pouring in from all over the place. again if he doesn't go soon this thing is spreading into jordan and turkey. >>> you remember the five boys produced by the seniors in that family, five boys and he was one of them. he was studying dentistry in london. >> he has a...
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the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been violated and therefore the assad regime will tell you it will accept a cease fire. immediately i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime is lying through itself teeth. >> i think also it is a credible threat. we need a credible threat for him to commit to any plan. that's what i think is really wanted. we can not just suggest for him and hope he will follow that. we need to be credible. >> you said it is the west who insist that assad step down. i would like to tell you no, it is the syrian people who want assad to step down. the wes
the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been...
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assad goes as i believe eventually he will, what takes its place. how do we do that? these are complicated things. i don't know enough about-- when every one of these things is going on, gi out of my way not to talk to hillary about it so i don't have any information i shouldn't have so i don't inadvertently say something to you that i shouldn't say. so i don't know what their options are. but i think that if we have some nonlethal options that we could use to support the syrian opposition, i presume we would be doing it. and i wouldn't be surprised if we are. i think most people believe that assad is going to have to go. it's sooner or later he will. and their concern about whether-- whatever arrangements that succeeds him can preserve a secular state can preserve a state which gives women a commendable amount of opportunities when compared with the competition in the region, you know, and but is less oppressive, less repressive and less subject to the siren song of the iranians and hezbollah and other forces that promote terror in the region. >> rose: president mors
assad goes as i believe eventually he will, what takes its place. how do we do that? these are complicated things. i don't know enough about-- when every one of these things is going on, gi out of my way not to talk to hillary about it so i don't have any information i shouldn't have so i don't inadvertently say something to you that i shouldn't say. so i don't know what their options are. but i think that if we have some nonlethal options that we could use to support the syrian opposition, i...
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some of them are refugees from the assad machine. on the other hand, there are islamists and elements of al qaeda who fought in iraq. and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya, where one, a former senior al qaeda figure became a security chief for tripoli and two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, just call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy personnel in benghazi. there are a lot of bad actors in syria. we saw those going across this area iraq border and killing our people there. among the hardliners of the brigade, the brotherhood among the foreigners of jihad, all while, so there's no scarcity that you say people are not agreed with the rationale says, the cautionary note about every so-called arab spring committee eric chaos episode in every country brings to the surface the sloppiness in egypt, chi hotties in syria, libya and now some bad apples in syria. so everybody has to be really car
some of them are refugees from the assad machine. on the other hand, there are islamists and elements of al qaeda who fought in iraq. and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya, where one, a former senior al qaeda figure became a security chief for tripoli and two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, just call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy personnel...
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all of these were held back by the assad regime. now you have, usually, what is a sectarian fre and competing for power in damascus. it is looking like both sides and a splintered opposition, but both sides are anywhere but at a point where they are fatigued enough to consider realistic exit strategies at local level. >>trace: the cease-fire by friday is very unlikely. thank you, sir, for joining. >> the deadly meningitis outbreak has claimed more victims. we have new details about the outbreak, the maker of the drug was warned about the potential if disaster years ago but kept on rating dangerously. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lum
all of these were held back by the assad regime. now you have, usually, what is a sectarian fre and competing for power in damascus. it is looking like both sides and a splintered opposition, but both sides are anywhere but at a point where they are fatigued enough to consider realistic exit strategies at local level. >>trace: the cease-fire by friday is very unlikely. thank you, sir, for joining. >> the deadly meningitis outbreak has claimed more victims. we have new details about...
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them to arm hezbollah in lebanon which threatens of course our ally israel and so seeing syria remove assad is a very high priority for us. if we take a more general look at the debate on foreign policy for the most part it seems what candidate romney has been suggesting is not so different from what the president has already been doing the only is this is where you could see some real tension between the two was when they were talking about the economy and this debate was supposed to be all about foreign policy but the candidates did end up talking a lot about the economy of about an auto industry they were the moderator that did not stop them and of course obama and romney also township on relations with russia did they agree over that. giulio the candidates did mention russia on a few occasions although there was no specific question about russia of course that hot mike moment came up you know the one between president obama and russia's admitted image of this spring when the u.s. president suggested that he would be more flexible to discuss america's missile defense plans in europe afte
them to arm hezbollah in lebanon which threatens of course our ally israel and so seeing syria remove assad is a very high priority for us. if we take a more general look at the debate on foreign policy for the most part it seems what candidate romney has been suggesting is not so different from what the president has already been doing the only is this is where you could see some real tension between the two was when they were talking about the economy and this debate was supposed to be all...
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and i am confident that al- assad's days are numbered. but we cannot do is to simply suggest that, as governor romney at times has suggested, that giving heavy weapons, for example, to the syrian opposition is a simple proposition that would lead us to be safer over the long term. >> governor. >> let's step back and talk about what is happening in syria and how important it is. first of all, off 30,000 people being killed by their government is a humanitarian disaster. secondly, syria is an opportunity for us because they play a minute -- they play an important role in the middle east, particularly right now. syria is iran's only ally in the arab world. it is the route to the sea. it is the route for them to arm hezbollah in lebanon, which threatens our ally israel. and so seeing syria remove al- assad is a very high priority for us. no. 2, a replacement government being responsible people is critical for us. we don't have military involvement there. the right course for us is working to our partners and with our own resources to identify
and i am confident that al- assad's days are numbered. but we cannot do is to simply suggest that, as governor romney at times has suggested, that giving heavy weapons, for example, to the syrian opposition is a simple proposition that would lead us to be safer over the long term. >> governor. >> let's step back and talk about what is happening in syria and how important it is. first of all, off 30,000 people being killed by their government is a humanitarian disaster. secondly,...
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if assad stays in policy. thinking in general, if assad stays in power. assad may be grateful to baghdad and cut off aid to the ambition kurds that will be a thorn in both sides but everybody waits until later to deal there w. there's a sunni and arab extremist. iraq, shii had, and mall lackey would never have to wowser eater the muslim brotherhood taking over damascus. i think the iraqis increasingly are seeing this as a growing possibly even crisis should it go on out of control. if assad loses, then what happens? the decision making in baghdad here in here. iraq could become -- will become more immeshed in iranian strategic thinking. it will be iran's strategic depth against the west, protecting iran from the enemy. it will not be a comfortable place for mall lackkey or iran and he could find himself under greater power. if, however, think about it from a washington perspective, and i don't care who is in the white house, it doesn't matter. the question becomes how far do we let baghdad go in helping assad without paying a price in u.s. support either
if assad stays in policy. thinking in general, if assad stays in power. assad may be grateful to baghdad and cut off aid to the ambition kurds that will be a thorn in both sides but everybody waits until later to deal there w. there's a sunni and arab extremist. iraq, shii had, and mall lackey would never have to wowser eater the muslim brotherhood taking over damascus. i think the iraqis increasingly are seeing this as a growing possibly even crisis should it go on out of control. if assad...
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there is no political organization to assad. so as bad as this is right now, we could make it a whole lot worse by dumping a lot of weapons in and then having a collapse and then having al-qaeda there taking over another base that we'll have to fight. so as painful as it is, there's a right way to do this if we want to help those who seek freedom and that is work the political opposition first before you start shoveling your weapons in. >> general clark and ambassador, you both made great points. and we have to move on our to fourth story "outfront," mitt romney speaking at length about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that killed ambassador stevens and three others and what he would do about the situation there. >> in libya, i'll support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them. and i'll vigorously pursue the terrorists who attacked our consulate in benghazi and killed our fellow americans. >> eli lake has been out on the libya story from the beginning with what th
there is no political organization to assad. so as bad as this is right now, we could make it a whole lot worse by dumping a lot of weapons in and then having a collapse and then having al-qaeda there taking over another base that we'll have to fight. so as painful as it is, there's a right way to do this if we want to help those who seek freedom and that is work the political opposition first before you start shoveling your weapons in. >> general clark and ambassador, you both made great...
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sresident assad's regime is fighting for the survival, and it's unlikely that he wants to antagonize a powerful neighbor like turkey. but the bloody chaos that's cost housanf thousands of lives inside syria, now threatens to entangle other countries, even if they don't really want to fight. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul, turkey. gh axelrod: now to afghanistan where two u.s. soldiers were .illed today by insurgents. it happened in the eastern section of the country that's seen heavy fighting in recent months. tomorrow marks the 11th anniversary of the start of the fghan war. coming up, a vatican insider nvicteted. stay with us. >> axelrod: at the vatican the verdict is in-- the pope's butler did it, found guilty of stealing papers from his boss and leaking them to the press. alan pizzey has been following intrigueigue. o reporter: paolo gabriele's record of seven years of alithful service as the papal ogyler and his apology to vinedict xvi earned him a reduced sentence. he said he acted out of what he called a visceral love for the church and the pope and told the court, "i do no
sresident assad's regime is fighting for the survival, and it's unlikely that he wants to antagonize a powerful neighbor like turkey. but the bloody chaos that's cost housanf thousands of lives inside syria, now threatens to entangle other countries, even if they don't really want to fight. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul, turkey. gh axelrod: now to afghanistan where two u.s. soldiers were .illed today by insurgents. it happened in the eastern section of the country that's seen heavy...
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the civil war began as a popular uprising against the assad dictatorship which has ruled syria 42 years. one of the most experienced war correspondents covering the civil war in syria is our clarissa ward. she's recently returned from aleppo and joins us now at the broadcast center in new york. clarissa, what can you tell us about who might have been behind these bombings today? >> reporter: well, scott, so far no group has actually claimed responsibility for today's attacks, but there is no doubt that there is an increasing number of extremist groups operating on the ground in syria. they're using the same kind of terrorist tactics that we've seen in iraq and afghanistan and part of the reason for that is this influx of foreign fighters that we've seen into the country. our crew actually spent time in a safe house on the border of turkey that was filled with fighters who had come from northern africa, from other countries, and they said they had come to syria to fight jihad. >> pelley: this civil war which began about 18 months ago to overthrow the dictatorship was in those days all ab
the civil war began as a popular uprising against the assad dictatorship which has ruled syria 42 years. one of the most experienced war correspondents covering the civil war in syria is our clarissa ward. she's recently returned from aleppo and joins us now at the broadcast center in new york. clarissa, what can you tell us about who might have been behind these bombings today? >> reporter: well, scott, so far no group has actually claimed responsibility for today's attacks, but there is...
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. >> 54 entities and 181 people are now subject to sanctions including assad and members of hids family. this is the 19th time the eu has introduced the economic penalties. >>> a pakistani girl shot by the taliban has arrived in britain for medical care. doctors have been treated her sin she was attacked last week. government officials say she needs long term care abroad. the pakistani government offered to pay for her transport and treatment. doctors flew with her in an air ambulance. she's 14 years old. she wrote a blog advocating girls education. that angered some fundamentalists. they boarded her school bus and shot her in the head. the pakistani taliban have confirmed. >>> sales clerks across the u.s. have been ringing up more customers at the check out counter. what are we seeing here? >> looks like more americans are loosening up their pursestrings and opening up their wallets because u.s. shoppers were busy again in september pushing retail sales higher for the third straight month. commerce department officials said on monday retail sales reached $412.9 billion last month. that
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ensure that they obtain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters and fighter jets. >> reporter: romney's aide saying romney is not suggesting the u.s. arm the rebels directly. president obama has opposed providing weapons to the rebels partly out of concern that those weapons could wind up in the hands of terrorists. on iran mitt romney earlier this year saying this. >> if we re-elect barack obama, iran will have a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: but today was unclear what exactly romney would do that would be different. the obama administration imposing tough sanctions already. >> i will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. >> reporter: the obama campaign asking just what would those new sanctions be, and on libya after the attack in benghazi that killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens, blistering words today from romeny for the obama administration. >> this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam despite the administration's attempts to convince us of that for
ensure that they obtain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters and fighter jets. >> reporter: romney's aide saying romney is not suggesting the u.s. arm the rebels directly. president obama has opposed providing weapons to the rebels partly out of concern that those weapons could wind up in the hands of terrorists. on iran mitt romney earlier this year saying this. >> if we re-elect barack obama, iran will have a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: but today was...
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well, just outside the city of aleppo, six schools were bombed by assad's air force. the classrooms were torn apart, so parents and teachers set up what they call "bunker schools." lessons are now taught underground where it's safer. one parent said they wanted to restore some normality, and the children are determined to learn. one boy said his favorite subject is english because he wants to study in america one day. we're watching the growing storm named sandy in the caribbean. today it became a full-blown hurricane. the category one storm clobbered jamaica with 80 mile an hour wind and torrential rain before heading north toward cuba and the bahamas. in haiti, rushing waters claimed one life. beyond the weekend, there are two possible tracks: one, sandy skirts the east coast, sending waves and rain but nothing dangerous. two, the storm could hit the eastern u.s., bringing snow, slamming new york and new england directly. there's a new picasso surprise that has the art world excited. for years, the woman ironing was a well-known painting but she was hiding something
well, just outside the city of aleppo, six schools were bombed by assad's air force. the classrooms were torn apart, so parents and teachers set up what they call "bunker schools." lessons are now taught underground where it's safer. one parent said they wanted to restore some normality, and the children are determined to learn. one boy said his favorite subject is english because he wants to study in america one day. we're watching the growing storm named sandy in the caribbean....
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of the opposition who share our values and then ensure that they obtain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters and fighter jets. >> reporter: romney also delivered his harshest assessment yet of the administration's evolving response to the attacks in libya. >> this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam-- despite the administration's attempts to convince us of that for so long. no, as the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists. they use violence to impose their dark ideology and others. >> reporter: romney has been critical of the way the president has handled libya, he supported humanitarian aid when the president advocated that but when the president last year called for qaddafi's ouster, scott, romney accused him of making ad hoc determinations and saying he didn't have a long-term strategy. >> pelley: as you might imagine, jan, the obama campaign has another view and white house correspondent nancy cordes is joining us from keen, california with that tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott
of the opposition who share our values and then ensure that they obtain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters and fighter jets. >> reporter: romney also delivered his harshest assessment yet of the administration's evolving response to the attacks in libya. >> this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam-- despite the administration's attempts to convince us of that for so long. no, as the administration has finally conceded,...
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rebels feinstein and syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging calm and saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the turkish syrian border is completely unacceptable in any kind of cross border operations are to be found upon political analyst sharmeen or what he thinks the action could be turkey's under the radar approach to intervention in syria. turkey's declared war on syria long time ago this is aragon endeavor to lose war they supplied weapons and they've supplied training assistance they have harbored you know gunmen in jihad just on their territory so so you know turkey's at a situation now crossroads where they cannot seem to get the international system thing need to sort of you know do a last question against the federal game they c
rebels feinstein and syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging calm and saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the turkish syrian border is...
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. -- assad. do you believv president obama will come out with a tougher stance on russia? >> well, i would be interested in asking the other side what do they propose we do with regard to russia? how do we penalize them for saying things and doing things we don't like? i think you're relationship with russia is pretty obvious one at this point. they see it in their best interest to cooperate with us they will do so. when we see it in our best interest to cooperate with them we will do so. when we disagree we'll have some conflict. president putin is not as popular within russia as he once was is using the united states and the west in general to try and deflect dissatisfaction internally with regard to the state of the russian economy. i think some of that will be bound to continue. we'll have to have a forthright honest relationship with russia. when we think they're wrong we'll say so. syria is perfect example with that we strongly disagree with russia standing by the assad regime. >> treasury department has been very reluctant to call china a currency manipulator. this
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a human-rights group accuse the assad government of using cluster bombs in its fight against the rebels. those weapons are widely banned around the world because of the danger they pose to civilians. more than 32,000 people have been killed in syria since the revolt against bash ar assad erupted 19 months ago. still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", the shuttle endeavour's slow roll to its final home. pot proposition on the ballot, and not just for medical use. and nine months after the costa concordia ran aground, preparations to move the wreck. am i on the radio? you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job, hello... so why are you doing hers? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the lining of your esophagus. for many, prescription nexium not only provides 24-hour heartburn relief, but can also help heal acid-related erosions in the lining of your esophagus. talk to your doctor about the risk for osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels with l
a human-rights group accuse the assad government of using cluster bombs in its fight against the rebels. those weapons are widely banned around the world because of the danger they pose to civilians. more than 32,000 people have been killed in syria since the revolt against bash ar assad erupted 19 months ago. still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", the shuttle endeavour's slow roll to its final home. pot proposition on the ballot, and not just for medical use. and nine months...
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because of confusion and in some cases fear over who and what might follow president assad's regime. listen. >> well, i think if you were a country observing sierra and you thought the opposition with a no way capable of managing a transition or governors and you thought there was a vacuum of lawlessness you may decide let's make concessions and a you allow those guys to stay in power. >> the united nations food program announced this afternoon it is planning to feed something like 1.5 million syrians into the middle of next year. an indication of just how long the u.n. believes the civil war will drag on o. >> traveling today and didn't even realize this is now threatening frankly to bring down lebanon's government. >> yeah a lot of lebanese believe that the current government in beirut is too close to the syrian regime of bashar assad. they blame that regime, of course, for last week's devastating car bomb in beirut, a lot of protesters have been on the streets saying that this government must fall. it appears there may well be a new coalition government formed fairly soon. u.s. of
because of confusion and in some cases fear over who and what might follow president assad's regime. listen. >> well, i think if you were a country observing sierra and you thought the opposition with a no way capable of managing a transition or governors and you thought there was a vacuum of lawlessness you may decide let's make concessions and a you allow those guys to stay in power. >> the united nations food program announced this afternoon it is planning to feed something like...
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to work with other nations to arm rebels in syria with reupons that can defeat bashir al assad's army. at a rally in florida, romney promised to be a strong international leader if elected. >> when i'm president oil take the care it takes to rebuild our principles and restore the principles that made america strong. >> reporter: the republican nominee couldn't resist taking another shot at the president's debate performance. >> now of course days later we're hearing his excuses and next january we'll watch him leave the white house for the last time. >> reporter: there's two more debates schedule. later this week is the vice presidential debate. now the obama camp is dismissing the romney speech saying it's a third or fourth time to explain his intentions. >> there are two presidential debates left in campaign 2012. but on thursday the vice presidential candidates go head-to-head. usually there's little attention paid to the debate between vp candidates but as bill plante reports this year is different. roll it's biden versus ryan. age versus youth. a great society liberal. >> we're g
to work with other nations to arm rebels in syria with reupons that can defeat bashir al assad's army. at a rally in florida, romney promised to be a strong international leader if elected. >> when i'm president oil take the care it takes to rebuild our principles and restore the principles that made america strong. >> reporter: the republican nominee couldn't resist taking another shot at the president's debate performance. >> now of course days later we're hearing his...
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obama said, we want assad out of power. he has substantive things to talk about on the debate stage when they debate foreign policy in two weeks and that ad is now irrelevant. >> don't you think this is a case of him saying, i'll do the things the president is trying to do but do them more effectively? >> there's a fair case to make and there's an opening for that. >> i agree. i'm not saying that's a bad thing. >> there's an opening the size of a pin drop. he didn't lay out his strategy for peace in israel. on iran, the best he could come up with was, i'm going to get tougher on iran because i'm going to have tougher sanctions. >> when barack obama came to office, he said, i'm not george w. bush, so therefore, i can negotiate with iran. >> he said he would open up all doors but he wasn't going to give you a seat at the table unless you wanted to come and talk peace. >> we have unsolicited advice on the other side of the break including helpful hints for donald trump. stay with us. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight
obama said, we want assad out of power. he has substantive things to talk about on the debate stage when they debate foreign policy in two weeks and that ad is now irrelevant. >> don't you think this is a case of him saying, i'll do the things the president is trying to do but do them more effectively? >> there's a fair case to make and there's an opening for that. >> i agree. i'm not saying that's a bad thing. >> there's an opening the size of a pin drop. he didn't lay...
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that led to the arrest of an assad ally who was prominent in lebanese politics. he also as you mentioned led the investigation into the 2005 assassination of former prime minister hariri. today, hariri's son was asked who he thought was responsible for this particular attack, he didn't hesitate to point the finger at president assad of syria. we do not have any confirmation of that but it would certainly fit the syrian regime's history of trying to gain influence through violence in lennon. >> we van -- we have been getting warnings and you have been reporting for months now of this syrian conflict becoming a regional one. >> yeah. well syria has many enemies because of sunni muslims in lebanon. it also has many friends among the large she a population. represented in large part by hezbollah. hezbollah is very strong in the eastern part of lebanon near the border with syria and in the southern part, which of course, borders israel. also has power in government. and if president assad wanted to distract attention from what he is doing inside syria's borders then r
that led to the arrest of an assad ally who was prominent in lebanese politics. he also as you mentioned led the investigation into the 2005 assassination of former prime minister hariri. today, hariri's son was asked who he thought was responsible for this particular attack, he didn't hesitate to point the finger at president assad of syria. we do not have any confirmation of that but it would certainly fit the syrian regime's history of trying to gain influence through violence in lennon....
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brahimi plans to visit damascus this week to present his proposal to president bashar al assad. brahimi visited a longtime ally of syria to look for help in ending the crisis. he met with foreign minister of iran ali akbar salehi. salehi said the syrians should deal with the crisis themselves. he proposed an election be held to resolve the conflict. brahimi said the supply of arms to syria should be stopped before the situation gets worse. international activists are accusing syrian government forces of using cluster bombs against rebels. they say government forces have also dropped those weapons on civilians. spokespersons for human rights watch say government planes dropped the bombs over residential areas including suburbs of the capital damascus. cluster bombs scatter hundreds of smaller bombs across a wide area. they can kill people long after conflicts end. more than 100 governments have signed a treaty banning their use. syrian leaders have not signed on. the human rights activists say they have amateur video and eyewitness accounts of government planes dropping cluster b
brahimi plans to visit damascus this week to present his proposal to president bashar al assad. brahimi visited a longtime ally of syria to look for help in ending the crisis. he met with foreign minister of iran ali akbar salehi. salehi said the syrians should deal with the crisis themselves. he proposed an election be held to resolve the conflict. brahimi said the supply of arms to syria should be stopped before the situation gets worse. international activists are accusing syrian government...
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turkey was a syrian ally but turned against them after president assad's crack down on the syrian uprising. >>> israeli air force video shows fighter jets shooting down a drone that crossed deep into israeli airspace. it was not immediately clear who launched the drone. but suspicion fell on the lebanese group hezbollah. this is the first violation of israeli airspace in 6 years. >>> great time to be a sports fan in the bay area. only problem, there aren't enough seats. how some as fans are trying to take the lid off the oakland coliseum. >> from the cbs 5 weather center, good evening, everybody. let's head back on outside and take a look at the pristine conditions in and around our bay area. this is our live cbs 5 weather camera aboard chopper 5 high in the skies. we continue to see all the activity associated with fleet week. we still have your full sunday forecast. that's straight ahead as eyewitness news continues right here on cbs 5. available seats just can't match the demand for playoff tickets. so: fans have st >>> it's a fantastic problem for the oakland as available seats just ca
turkey was a syrian ally but turned against them after president assad's crack down on the syrian uprising. >>> israeli air force video shows fighter jets shooting down a drone that crossed deep into israeli airspace. it was not immediately clear who launched the drone. but suspicion fell on the lebanese group hezbollah. this is the first violation of israeli airspace in 6 years. >>> great time to be a sports fan in the bay area. only problem, there aren't enough seats. how...
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assad has done that himself. he came in from out of the cold and found a seat at the diplomatic table. so, what might happen, unfortunately, is assad and the government may control certain areas of the country, rebel groups, backed by different outside factions, outside countries, controlling other parts of the country, and what i said earlier about the lebanonizeation of syria. there are plans, organizations that are trying to plan for a post-assad syria should it happen? yeah, there are. i know several of them. one of which in washington is almost been totally discredited because they really haven't included a broad swath of the opposition, broad enough that would have legitimacy with the opposition back in syria itself. but there are some attempts and people are thinking about these things-perhaps because of what happened in iraq in 2003. >> wonderful. one more. yes, please. >> what this likelihood that the regime will use chemical weapons and what should we or could we do if they do? >> good question. that's
assad has done that himself. he came in from out of the cold and found a seat at the diplomatic table. so, what might happen, unfortunately, is assad and the government may control certain areas of the country, rebel groups, backed by different outside factions, outside countries, controlling other parts of the country, and what i said earlier about the lebanonizeation of syria. there are plans, organizations that are trying to plan for a post-assad syria should it happen? yeah, there are. i...
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it will end with president assad out. >> gavin: are you that confident? everyone says that is inevitable. even a year ago and you continue to say it as if it's certain. there is no sign that he's sort of stabilizing things? >> i don't think so. >> gavin: what is the indication of that? >> i'm sure this will end with him out. i don't know if that's going to take the form of him retiring to some other country or if it will be other commanders pushing him out as part of a deal or the military victory and he's overrun. but i am convinced this will end with assad out. >> gavin: human trafficking is a tough subject, but nicholas kristof has done more to raise awareness for victims than most. there is a book that he wrote with his wife, and there is a new documentary because that have book airing on pbs. he has done much to help the fight of human slavery. nicholas kristof after the break. of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction s
it will end with president assad out. >> gavin: are you that confident? everyone says that is inevitable. even a year ago and you continue to say it as if it's certain. there is no sign that he's sort of stabilizing things? >> i don't think so. >> gavin: what is the indication of that? >> i'm sure this will end with him out. i don't know if that's going to take the form of him retiring to some other country or if it will be other commanders pushing him out as part of a...
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and in reference to bashar al assad. many of the members of congress of both parties she said have gone it syria in recent months said they believe he's a reformer. now, of both parties. and you to remember something about bashar al assad about the uprising against him in the year 2000, 2001 when he took over from his father, he was viewed as potentially a reformer by many people in western countries. clearly in the last 19 months this notion that in any way he's a reformer has gone out the window. >> 30 seconds, point of contention, that why the u.s. stepped in in libya but not in syria? >> well, we heard it from joe bid biden, but not just joe biden. these are observers, xerts w ex have gone to syria, a bigger country, more populated. the syrian military is stronger, no split between east and west as there was in libya going in. and air support alone probably wouldn't do it. that said, something needs to be done, many people say, what will it be? that's a big question because people are dying. >> final presidential deb
and in reference to bashar al assad. many of the members of congress of both parties she said have gone it syria in recent months said they believe he's a reformer. now, of both parties. and you to remember something about bashar al assad about the uprising against him in the year 2000, 2001 when he took over from his father, he was viewed as potentially a reformer by many people in western countries. clearly in the last 19 months this notion that in any way he's a reformer has gone out the...
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the remark is seen as a warning to syrian president bashar al assad to stop mortar shells from striking turkish territory. >> obviously, turkey has a right to defend herself. we have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend turkey. >> the statement is nato's strongest show of support for turkey so far. nato views an attack against a member country as a strike on the alliance as a whole. its members can jointly defend another member that's attacked. until now, nato leaders have repeatedly ruled out the possibility of intervening with force in syria. they have said that doing so could destabilize the region. rasmussen reiterated his position that a political solution is the best way to end the fighting in syria. he called on turkey to show restraint. >>> taiwan president ma ying-jeou says chinese boats will continue patrols near disputed islands in the east china sea, but he added that he doesn't want to see a worsening of relations with japan. japan controls the islands and calls them the senkaku islands. china and taiwan also claim them. president ma gave the national address
the remark is seen as a warning to syrian president bashar al assad to stop mortar shells from striking turkish territory. >> obviously, turkey has a right to defend herself. we have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend turkey. >> the statement is nato's strongest show of support for turkey so far. nato views an attack against a member country as a strike on the alliance as a whole. its members can jointly defend another member that's attacked. until now, nato leaders...
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and get involved on the side of the anti-assad forces. >> yes. everything that we said would happen, if we got involved, is happening because we're not involved. al-qaeda is pouring in to the place. the massacres have increased. iranians and russians have increased their supplies and support of al assad and the tensions in the region are going up. look at syria, turkey, jordan, syria -- >> bill: sure. it's cauldron over there. >> absolutely. >> bill: i wanted to get your opinion on what you would have done had you been president. finally, were you surprised that president obama was so flat in the debate? he wasn't the guy that debated you four years ago. >> well, i think that there is a fundamental change here, bill, and that was in 2008, he didn't have a record to defend. and he's been living in a four-year bubble surrounded by an adoring media. this is the first time that he has really had to respond and he couldn't because he's having to defend a record which is indefensible. and i guess the second thing is that what is probably most impactful
and get involved on the side of the anti-assad forces. >> yes. everything that we said would happen, if we got involved, is happening because we're not involved. al-qaeda is pouring in to the place. the massacres have increased. iranians and russians have increased their supplies and support of al assad and the tensions in the region are going up. look at syria, turkey, jordan, syria -- >> bill: sure. it's cauldron over there. >> absolutely. >> bill: i wanted to get your...
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aleppo has seen intensified fighting lately between president assad's regime and the rebels trying to oust him. >>> two republican lawmakers claim state department officials in libya had requested tighter security before the deadly attacks on the consulate in benghazi. california congressman darrell issa and jason chavez of utah say they got their information directly from sources with knowledge of the events in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton is forming a committee to investigate the attacks. >>> federal investigators now believe several gunmen took part in the attack that killed a u.s. border patrol agent in arizona near the mexican border. 30-year-old nicholas ivie was killed in yesterday's shooting and a second agent was injured. the surviving agent is said to be in stable condition. there are no suspects so far. >>> american airlines says it has identified and solved the problem involving those seats that popped loose on two of its planes. an inspection turned up four other planes that had similar problems. american blames improperly installed clamps. >> they have deter
aleppo has seen intensified fighting lately between president assad's regime and the rebels trying to oust him. >>> two republican lawmakers claim state department officials in libya had requested tighter security before the deadly attacks on the consulate in benghazi. california congressman darrell issa and jason chavez of utah say they got their information directly from sources with knowledge of the events in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton is forming a committee to...